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Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1865-05-06

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:-;--V' -SiSr "" ' ''' "' ' jr. i,. . 'ir, r. - ..I. -j ' - " ' . ; ' - ' ' i .,-,. ' Me 1 "" mm m " ' i , - ' ' i ' ' ' 1 . ' " t , . , i .i. , . . .7 , :is..':-n.v?v:y.' .t-.r?-- VOLUME MOUNT VERNON, - OHIO : MAY 6, 1865. NUMBER 3. J gtnwtratu-; fanner- " "li aUIBkI STBT SATVKSAT XOEVUS BT 0Oe in Tf oodwmrd Block, Sd Storj. t t 1 . v- j 2.50 pr annum, payable strict in adranc WfS.OO If payment Be delayed. ' Tbe"ternu will Hgidljr adbered to. ' U. S. 7-30 LOAN. iBy authority 'of the Secretary of the Treasury, he undersigned has assumed the General Subscription Agency for the sale of United States Treasury Notes, bearing seren and three tenths per cent, interest, per annnm, known as the j SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. . These Notes are issued under date of August loth, 1804, and are payable three years from that time, in currency, or are eoavertible at the option of the holder into 11, S. 5-20 Six per eent. aOX.I)-XJXLAXLXI7a BOZTDS. These bonds are now worth a premium of nine per eent, including gold interest from Nor., which makes the actual profit on the 7.30 loan, at current rates, including interest about ten per cent, per annum, ' besides its Jcemptia from Statu and municipal taxation, iekic addt from one to three per cant, more, according to the rate levied en other property. . The interest is payable semi-annually by coupons attached to each note, which may be cut off and sold to any bank or banker. The interest amounts to One eent per day on a $50 note. Twoeenta" . $100 Ten $300 ao - $1000 $1 $5000 4 . Notice of Jail the denominations named will be promptly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions.- This la ,. '":ty: ' -' : .THE ONLY LOAN IS HAEEET , now offered by the Government, and it is confidently expected that its superior advantage will make it the Great Popular Loan of the People . Less than $200,000,000 remain unsold, which will probably be disposed of within the next 60 or 90 days, when the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as has uniformly been the" case on closing the subscriptions to the other Ioaas. InMeW that "eitjsMSWery town and seoiioa of the eountry may be afforded facilities for: taking the loan, toe gatUnaL-BanhsyrBUtsj'1 Banks, and , Private Bankers throaghout the-eountry have generally agreed to reeeive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom they have confidence, and who only are to be responsible for the delivery of the notes for which they receive Xwders.V ; y JAY COOKE, .- V ' Subtcription Agent, Pkila. Subscriptions reoeivedby the Fint Natymal Bank ofManifield. Feb. 25, 1865. The Ninth National Bank .' OP THE CITT OF NEW YORK. ; CAPITAL, $1,000,000 PAID IN, FISCAL AGENT OF UNITED STATES, And Special Agent for Jay Cooke, Subscription Agent, "TTTffcL DELIVER 7-30 NOTES, FREE OF TV CHARGE, by express, in all parts of the country, and receive in payment Checks, on New York, Philadelphia and Boston, current bills, and all five per eent. interest notes, with interest to date of subscription. : Order sent by mail will be promptly oiled.."-..-"';- ;-, This Bank receives the accounts of Banks and Bankers ou favorable terms; also of individuals keeping New York acoounts. J. TJ. OBVIS, Preudenu March 4, '5 ; J.T. HILL, Caekter KNOX COUNTY BANK. 30 LOAIST. V Of BONDS, large and small denominations, eonstantlT on hand and ' for sale at the -Knox County Bank. March 18-ml- II. OGLEVEE, Catkier. Certificate of Authority National Bank, X OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. y-.r' i- - .TBBASURY DEPARTMENT, ) - Office of Comptroller of tke Currency, ' '- ' r i WASHiiroTOjr, March 17th, 1885. J 'kT HERBA8, by satisfactory evidence presented ' fIT to the undersigned, it has been made to' ap-pear that "The First National Bank of Mount Ver non," in the City of Mount Vernon, in the County of -JLBox, ana oiace 01 vaio, Has been duly organised ; Mder and according to the requirements of the Act viougressy-eunuea "An Act to provide a National Curreaoyv secured by a pledge of United States bonds, nd'so proride tor' the circulation and redemption thereof. approved June 4, 184, nod has complied with all too provisions of said Act reouired to be : eonrp lied with before . commencing the business of Banking aid Aet; . 1 mFZ? 9l" 'Currency being vacant, 'TrrtT' 8nel T. Howard, Deputy Cop-i!? Currtmer, do hereby certify that "The irst National Bank of Mount Vernon in the -City ; Uf Ohio, fs authorised to oommeseo thw bueiuee of la TesilmWuy Whttto UhMi my uahd id seal of offloe the Seventeenth -Am nt March. 1888. - : SvVSnd) , ' SAMUEL T. H0WARB ? ;l y IftjjmtyomptrQnor of the Currency. J. '!yXc Ut&4 .autioiir nbori giveB -thi' Bank' will -;-3T3caoe business, Saturday, April 1st, 1885 at Its . eCioe La the ilier .Block, eorter of Main A Vine etreets. - :.- " . - - Mount Vernoni March JJd, 1885. MSMUZ5, IS: J. 34 : -V JVemon Bank.fl fr rVair. tkisBuk wiU cease dolnt ,tilUstN'iouslBankofMorrvJL: " d. sturSt -x r; ' ' V(M MTV ft U ki,i, af IUaaij, & $sm al taiiC Jet I 8BXX.Y T11E MOTHER'S DAY-DREAM. ; A mother sat at ber sewing, ' ,.' Bat ber brow was full of thought; - The little one playing tside her . ,-; Her own sweet mischief wrought. A book on a chair lay near her, ; Twas open I strove to see At the xld Greek artist's story, MI paint for eternity." . 80 I fancied all her dreaming S. : ., I watched her serious eye-As the 'broidery dropped from her fingers And she heaved a heart-felt sigh.i r She drew the litt U one nearer, :; ' : And looked on the sonny face. Swept the bright curls from the open brow. And kissed it with loving grace. And she thought, " I, too, am an artist; ; My life-work here I This sweet, dear face, my hand must trace, ' I must paint for eternity. Hence, each dark passion shadow ! Pain's deeply graven lines ! Hex's must be the reflected beauty That from the pure heart shines. ' " But how shall I blend the colors, How mingle the light and shade, Or arrange the weird surroundings v The future has arrayed f Oh, Life ! thou hast weary nightfalls. And Hays all dreary that be, : But from thy darkness, marvelous grace Wilt thou evoke for me ? M Alas, that I am but a learner I So where shall I make me wise, Or obtain the rare old colors, - The Master's precious dyes f I must haste to the fount of beauty, . Must pleadingly kneel at his feet, And crave, mid his wiser scholars, The humblest pupil's seat. ' " Then, hand and heart together, . Some grace shall add each day ; Thus, thus, shall her face grow lustrous With beauty that cannot decay. My darling! God guide my pencil And grant me the vision to see In the light of His love, without blemish or stain, : In the coming eternity." - Then, the mother awoke from ber day-dream, - Her face grew bright again, And I knew her faith was strengthened - By more than angel's ken. Her finger's flew the faster ; " ; While she sang a soft, low song ; It seerCed like a prayer for the child so bright, As it thrilled the air along. THE FRUITS OF WAR. Bring boa VHsT Jhee the dertinsc 0 And. hrethei1 JTross hia first teid mfgWXt -woo Ah ! what are fame and honor to the mother Ta iti. iImhv An ra all .'.f Uraft-tkAn tAn ''' ' ' Is it her brave and beautiful returning, ' That friends and ueighbors hurry forth to greet? ' Oh! like the death ehfll to love's tender yearning i Comes the dark thought of what they go to meet! Not the young footsteps that wnt out so bounding ; Not the glad voice that told of Hope and Fame (Still do the fair young sisters hear it sounding Tbo promise, they should proudly hail kie name !) " Ne'r shall the dark eyes lift their silken lashes- Ne'er the bright smile a joyous welcome tell Bring home, bring home the cold and silent ashes ! The all now left of him they love so well ! In the proud pages of his country's story, What if his name the wished-for laurel gain ! An evil field, a sad and bitter glory. Sends back but duet to loving hearts again! National Intelligencer. Tho Objection to the Sherman Johnston A rus uifCBGC. The Cincinnati Commtnercial disapprorea the SLerman-Johnston Peace Treat y ; but opposes the Removal and degradation of Sherman. which the Cincinnati Gazette And others appear to" be exceedingly anxious rhould be done. The Commercial, in the following ex- ' ... w tract, etates what effect the ratification of this treat would hare, as well as the prime objection to it: "It should not be Toreotten that if the prin ciples of Gen. Sherman and Johnston, Department Commanders that is the authorities of the United States had ratified the. treat- made at Chapel HUV North Carolina, all the rebel armies would have been disbanded, and ours would not. Kirby Smith, as well as Joe Johnston; and the guerrilla squads in the cot ton estates and west or the Mississippi acknowledging Confederate authority, would have been sent home." Thus the first eMential mn. dition of peace proclaimed since the com mencement of the war, would have been fulfilled, viz:. The rebels would have thrown down their arms and dispersed. ' ' "As to the places of depoeit" of the arms, the fact should not be overlooked' that th State Capitals of North -Carolina, Virrfnia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisi-I ana are in oar possession, and that arms de- e:ted therein would have been In oar hands, ore than this, there is so State Capital that we could not reach and occupy in a tbrtniehtf and after such ao experience as the Sontliera people hare had. their armies once disbanded cobld not be called together. . ...-. ,. ;- ' - "Tberefore, ih a mlliUry v point of view, Sherman ' treaty would have closed the war, entirely- in-but faVor. ' This) - he clearly saw; and; owing to tbe exclusively military charao-ter of his mind; he did Toot see that which re maided behind, and which the great tnajoritv are agreed is so objectionable, i ' - ' . - -v j 'F."i V-tbeUlirHf rwaVhen r8heri man's treaty would hate been hailed with ac-cJjjroatiQDSan as unanimoosly approved1 as it ts now cottdemned-" " The' general feeliog Is that we should fail to do oar daty li r were; to stop short, now that the means: are he car hands, and thf opportosity offersi of tha tbo lition ortlavery That alone-will secure; the ?t Is a good Ume to get rid of that ?eey pet, Tan4an v owrtai: wd rnust jropreve it, V )f w should xjoV the'ret salt m.ghi b-probably would be, half cent turyf discord aclTiI -war, in which it-ii P0e5le the acene. et UdoViahed and -desola tion-tpight ot beenflneoVo excla6rVely"a one rection;ai darlnrthi present waf n e ere rtbe 'thin overloclcei la the. C'. 3 Tr-ritjj t-Vwe.c-anct, 1 3 a ttotfs, r-Lvi'la crrrxica'iEsUacis. c-f c:!f-rrj;:rsr'' -:i rr V: V ' 5 c' ' ia t , - - ANDREW JOHXSOS'S RECOUP. JSU Opioiont on Popular Government Lone Cheriihed Cannot be Cnanged. Wiiat These Opinions Aref as Drawn From His Congressional, fiecord. . "In regard to my future courie, I will now make no professions no pledges. 'I have been connected somewhat actively with public affairs, and TO TB HISTORY OF MY PAST PUBLIC ACTS, WHICH IS FAMILIAR TO YOU, I REFER FOR THOSE P R I N CI PLES WHICH HAVE GOVEJtNf D ME HERETOFORE, AND WILL GUIDE ME HEREAFTER. In general, I will sav I have long labored for the amelioration and elevation of the great mass of mankind. My opinions as to tbe nature of popular. Government have long been cherished, and CONSTITU TED AS I AM, IT IS NOW TOO LATE IN LIFE FOR ME TO CHANGE them. J BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT WAS MADE FOR MAN, NOT MAN FOR GOVERNMENT. v- : : . . - -..- f From President Johnson's speech, to citi zens of Illinois, April 18, 1865. In the Senate of the United States, May 21, 1860, the question being demanded, the - vote was taken on each separately with the ibl lowing result: .: THE STATES FREE AND "INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGNTIES. 1. JUtolvtd, That in the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the States adopting the same acted severally as free and independent sovereignties, delegating a - portion of their powers to be exercised by tbe Federal Govern ment for the increased security of each against dangers, domestic as well as foreign ; and that any intermeddling by any one or more States, or. by a combination of their citizens, with the domestic institutions of the other, "im any'pre- text wuatever, political, moral or religious, with the desire to their disturbance or subversion, is in violation of the Constitution, insulting to the peace and tranquility objects for which the Constitution was formed and, by necessary consequence, tends to weaken and destroy-the Union itself. Ycas Messrs. Benjamin, - Bicler,- ; Bra ire. Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clay, Clingman, Crittenden, Davis, Fhzpatrick, Green, G win, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iversod, John son of Arkansas, JO II NSON of Ten nessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mallory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh", Rice. Sebastian, 81idell, Thomson, Toombs, Wig- fall and Yulee 36. . Nats Messrs. Bineham. Chandler. Clark. Collamer, Dixon, DooTittle, Fessenden, Foot, foster, Orimes,.iiale, Hamlin, Harlan, Kinff, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wall and Wilson 19. . . INTERFERENCE. OF SLAVERY IN THE STATES A BREACH OF FAITH. T an institutions I inherited froin our aneestorH,- aud ; existing at the kdontion of th Cnnatitntinn. f Kvk in recogniied as constituting . an wporlant element in the apportionment of .pawe' " among the States; and that no change of opinion : or feeling on the ' part of -the nbn-elavehblding States of the Union, itirelation.to,.ihia. institution, can justify rhem or their citizens : in. open or covert attacks thereon with a vieWfo its overt brow, and that all such attacks .are in manifest violation of the mutual and. sol emn pledge to protect and defend ench ; other, given by -the States respectively on entering into the constitutional compact which formed the Union, and are a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn : obligations. , . : . Yeas Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clav, Clingman, Crittenden. Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter. I verson, Johnson pf Arkansas, JOHNSON of Tenressee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mallory, 'Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian. Slide!!, Thompson, .Toombs, Wig-fall and Yulee 36. - - Nats Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, DooTittle, Feseenden, Foote, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Klne. Simmons. Sumner. Ten Eveki ' Trumbull. - vvwhpwhvhv - u Wade, and Wilson 19. the Union rests on the equality of the states, 3. IUsclved, That the Union of these States rests on the equality of. rights and privileges among, its members, and that it is especially the duty of the Senate, which represents the States in their sovereign capacity, to resist all attempts to discriminate, either in relation to persons or property, in the Territories ."which are the. common -possessions; of the- United States so as to give advantages to ,theciti-zens-of one State which are not equally allowed to those of every other State.1 YiAi 'Messrs- Benjamin, - Bigler,' Bragg, Brown, Bright, Clement, Clay, Clingman, Crittenden. Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond,, Hemphill, Hunter, I verson, Johnson of Arkansas, JOHNSON of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham. Mallory, Mason. Nicholson, Pearce, Polk. Powell, Pugh. Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thomson; Toombs, Wigfall and Yolee 36... ": : : Nats Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon Doolittle, Fessenden, Foote, Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Simmons. Sumner, Tea Eyck, .TrombuUiWade, and Wilson 18. - CONGRESS NO POWER. OVER SLAVERYin " ' .' THE TERRITORIES- 1 4 - 4 iiaolvectt fThat neither Congress, nor Territorial Legislature, whether by direct leg lalatioo or legislation of an indirectand'-un-friendly characur, possess power to annol :br impair the conetitntional right of any; citizen f the United States V tke him slave proper-ty iato the commoaTerritones, and l&erehold and enjoy the same while,thfl territorial con-ditionsj'eniains.'" -Ir:i.-..f SMBlrtDjamil Bigler;' Bm:. Bright,; BrowB? qhesnut, . Uay, ClinrmanV Crittenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green," Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill. Hunter, Ivenioa; Johnson of Arkansas, JOHNSON 4r,Tenrieasee, Kertnedy,; Lane Laibam,. JXallory.iIson, Nwholson Pearce-, Polk; owell,. Rice, JSebas-han, SUdjelVThooison, Toombs TVigfali; and Tulee-iSS;-'' -''jiti -4. v- r NAT8-Mteri Bia Aarn: aaidle r3ark. Collamer, Pixon,' !oiitUe Feasendea,J Foot, rosier, unmev4JaJe 41atnJii,IIarIii, ILjng, I P"?btAI?WDSamneri:.Teoi Eyck,, Trnrj-Wan4jn2ICCSLSSIONAL pfiOTTCTIC- C! ClAVr3 '-C'i -r'V'C? TTZiB THIltlC!!'1" V. ' err t -y.tlir!e -ore'that the : '.c'n'y c .uGt-pc:::; 3 , ' 1 to c :.',. I if 111 '- : t o'' l , r v . ' " ' " I imnrtrtant nortinrt rrthir Hnraciiti tbe limits ortbe cor uiauonai power, r .. - YsUs--Me8rev L -njsm inV Bigler, Bra gg, Bright, Cheinnt Cla y. CIS ngman, Crittenden, Davisr FiUpafricki' retn, v w in,f H ammond, "Hemphill. Hnnter, tTersou, Job nson, oY; Arkansas, JOH NSON; oftTenQeasee, Kennedy, Lane, Lathanr.- Mai ry; Masonv: Nicholson, Pearce' Polk; Powell,- Pugh; Rice, ' Sebastian, Slidell, TenrEyek, Tpombs,'WigfallaadYa-Iee-35,' ..fii : 3-7.:-": : NATS--Messrsi Himlin andTramball 2U NEW STATES TO BB J ADMITTED WITH OE WITHOUT Si.AVXBY,4 AS THE PEOPLE DE-: . CIDE. .fv iWrf ;Cr'-MM.; ,4-': 4- 6. J?w7woLTbat the inhabitan ts of a Ter ritory of the United States; when they rightfully form a Constitution to be admitted . as a State into the Union,may then for the flrst time like tbe. people' of a State whenfonw-ing a new Constitution-Decide for themselves wbetherTalayery,rs5! a " doraestio "institution, shall be maintained or prohibited within their jurisdictionr and they shall be received into the Union, with or cthout slavery, as thel? Constitution may pretcribe at the time of their admission, :. ' ; Yx as Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Chesnut, Clay, CHngman Crittenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Greeny Gwin, Hammond, Hempjiill, Hunterltereon; Johnson of: Arkansas, JOHNSON of -Tennessee, Kenned? , Lane; Latham,'' Masoo? ; icholsoo, ' Pearce, Polk Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thorn-Bon, Toombs, Wigfall and Yulee--35. -; Nats Messrs. Bufgham, Chandler, Dixon, Foot, Foster,: Hale, Pugh; Simmons, " Ten Eyck, Trum,bulli Wade and WHaon 12. - THE PROVISION - Of 'THE CONSTITUTION IN RELATION TO THE RENDITION. OF SLAVES MUST BE CARRIED OUT. ' 7. Jtesolved'i That the provision of the Constitution foe the rendition of fugitives from service or labor, withont the adoption"1 of which the Union coold not have been formed ; and that the laws of 1795 nd 1850, - which were enacted to secure its execution, and the "main features of which being similar, bear the impress of nearly" seventy years of sanction by the highest judicial Authority, should be honestly and faithfully observed and maintained by all who enjoy the benefits of our "compact of Union ;nd that all acts of individuals or of State Legislatures Jo defeat the purpose - or nullify the requirements of that provision, and the laws made in rmfVuance of it. are hostile :in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in' their effect. 7 Ycas Messrs - Behjarnin. Bigler Bragg, Bright, ' .Brown, Chesnut, - Clay, Clingman, Crittenden,. Davis, FitEpatric1c,reen, 'Gwin, Hammond, IlemphitU' Hunter, lverson.'J ohn-son, of Arkansas, J OIINSON : of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, : LathaTri,- Mallory, Mason, NicholaonVPolk, Poelk.Pugb, Rice, Sebastian j Slidell, . Ten Eyck,- Thomson, Toombs, Wigfall, and .YuleeJo.'; V' - J. Nats Messrs. Chandler, Clark, Foot, Hale, Wade, and W ilsoti 6 li . J'. ,' OPPOSED. ;T0 '"VTARUPON JTHB SOUTH. Troea Andrew J.ohnsen's Bpeeeh of .February that llr. J oliDsou - r of sv :wae on the South, Mr." Johu?wA aidi "-r7 s. fl march, down upon South' Carolina I Ji$ I propose any SMch thing? ; Jio. .War is not the natural element of my mind mind ; andr as usseui sh -ivuiu. va mj umihi iiumu nmiy, wkm ated jn :tbat- epeecb,(;my: ; thoughts, were led 00 peace," and not on'. wef.'-s'r want 5 Do I Stated turned on Deace. strife ; I want no virf-In.the- languSge of a denomination that is'.vefrumeroua , in 'the country; I may say I bate war and love peace. I belong to the peace: party, r thought when I was making that speech, that I was holding out the olive-branch sof ; peaces -t-X wanted to give quiet arwi , reconiiliaUon-: to -a. : distraeted and excited country!? That waa the ''object:!, bad in view. ' Wr I repeat,'ls not the natural element of toy raind- I would rather -wear upon my garments the tinge, of the , shop and the duet of the field, as badges of the -pursuits otpeace.thanT: tbe: gaudy -epanlet liporr? mv shoulder, or a sworddangliiig by my side, with its elitterine scabbard, the insignia of strife. of.war, of blood, of carnage ; sometimes of noDursuie auu gionuus war, v ui, sir? i wouia rather see the'people of the United ' States - at war with every other power-Hpoftv the habitable globe, thau be at war,wub each other. ;. If blood must be shed, let it not be shed by. the people of, these , Statesj the. one. contending against the other.1 4 ,4 l . "r - r THE GENERAL GOVERNJIENT i HAS NO RIGHT TO COB.RPE A STATE. . doi noV4belteVev the Fderal ) Government has the pewer to coerce a Setate for by the eleventh amendment ofthe Constitution of the United States, it is - expressly provided (hat yon can not evenjl put one of' the States of this Confederacy before-' one of the courts of. the country as A party;r As a State, the Federal Government has no power to coerce it; bat it is a member of the compact to which it agreed in ;cornfnon with -the other Sutes, anllhU Govern oieh t ies the right to pass. Jaws and to ep force -those laws upon;in-dividuals-witb iA the .lliniur ot each State. WhUe the one propoeitioh is clear, Uie other ia equally sow.- This Goverament cao, by the Constitution of the country andr by - the- lawf enacted in conformity with the . ponstttotion, operate upon Individaats, aii j Tbaa the right and the poweK -riot to eoerce it State.' bnt to enforce and exeCutethe law vpbn individuals within the 4imita a State-si 1 - ih;v H; f,I know.thatrthe term 4o,4coerco;' State,' is Used in an ad eaptandwn manner. It s. a Sovereighty.that is to W crushed inflow Is a State' in the Uniott What Is her connection wlth.it 1?i AU4he connecUon she JhAs wlth the ptber States a that bicbv is- agreed ' npon in the connection between the States. ; dd : not know whetherou -may Jjponsid6r; It in. the Union; or out -of theUnion; or whether ! y o aioiply cofisidefIpt connection;-f? na disconnection, with the'other Staies but to tbe extent that a State' null I.Sea or seta aside any law or anrtorovteion of b9 CfehstituUob.'to that extent it hast dissolved itecon6ection,An4 ;n0 mor.fJ I'thfnk th SUtesnhat h a ve passed their personal liberty bills, ta violation of -the Cooetttutidq of the United States, coming into teirt have dissolved their connection,! and to that extent It Is revolution. Bat becaase some of tho free States h'aye'"passed laws violative of thaf ConsUtution j becsGse Jthejr 'hrcttb some extent.'dissolre.ltbeir ;connection7wih this' Government, docs tiat Jastify -us -Of! tbe South in folio wir t't b-vl example ?v Be-cause they have pasc fer -r.al liberty bills, and have, to lha. zz: r.t, t:; :J the cp&ct whtth;iaTecifror".l. '-'. ! v?? f -rh - rrr:,r-the Other hand, sr i v: ' 3 , t! ? Ccr . bycoercrDgt.5ni r a ' ? Yil I we'd 5 e 3 Z , . - i4.'Thea Ir05e-l-"i.to . tL9--.tsf'--e letTis tiznA ja U-'-"1 -l etU-i'.-i.tt.ecj tc 'y iz.'. or violate it3 guar?r -( it .hare tskea-'tbeln! ' ' t SC--1 l:i:!7..i:"-.- i-tr- 1 tDrtr- z-V.-.. - 5 it? said yesterday, there are two parties i ;thn country that: want to break rap the. Government, Who are they ? The nullifiera proper of tbe South, the secessionibts or disunionista for iTiselhem all as synonymous terms. There is a portion of them7rs, "desire the disruption of the Government for: purposes of metr orn aggranuueeraenu a ao doi cnarge .upon them that they . want to. break up the Government for tbe purpose of affecting sla very; yet I charge that the breaking up'of the Government woold have that effect ; .the result would be the same. Who else is for breaking up the Government I refer to some bad men in the North." There is a set of men who are called - Abolilioniets, Land -they want to break up the Government.' They are disunion-iets ; they are nollifiers." - .. " THE PEOPLE COULD SETTLE THE DIPFI-CULTY IF UNINFLUENCED BY POLITICIANS. "Bad men North say provoking things ia reference to the instutions of the South, and bad men and bad tempered men of the South say provoking and insulting things in return ; and so goes on war of crimination and recrimination in reference to the two sections of the country, and the institutions peculiar to each. They become enraged and-insnHed, and then they, are denunciatory of each other; and what is the result? The Abolitionists, and those who entertain their sentiments, abuse men of the South, and men of the South abuse them in return. They do not fight each other ; but they both become offended and. enraged.. One is dissatisfied with the other; one is insulted by the other ; and then, to seek revenge, to gratify themselves, they both agree to make war upon the Union that never offended or injured either. Is this right ? What has tins Union done ? Why ehould these contending parties make war upon it because they have insulted and agrieved ; each other ? This glorious Union, that was spoken into existence by the fathers of the country, must be made war upon to gratify these animosities. Shall we, because we have said bitter things of each other which have been offensive, tarn -upon, the Government and seek its destruction, and entail all the disastrous consequences upon commerce upon agriculture, upon the industrial pursuits of the country, that must result from the breaking up of a great Govern ment like this I What is to be rained out of the Union that we can " not get in it Anything? I have been zealously contending for and intend to continue to contend for every right, even to the ninth part of a hair, that 1 feel the State that I have the honor to represent is entitled to. 1 do not intend to demand any thing but that which is right-; and 1 will remark, in this connection, thaf theieT is a spirit in the country which, if it does not exist to a very great extent in" this Hall, does exist in the great mass of the people North and South, to do what is right; and ir the Question could be taken awav from Doliticiane: if it could be taken way from the Congress of the United States, and refsrr!. to the ereat mass of the iotelligeot votif. population of the AJnited States, they would settle -it. with- em k-elr.t)iei(lifBHy, Aod bid defiance to jMcesaionista and disuniooistsr; , A pplajjse ia 5rKTO - ...... .-..j fee;;;- i----.:,'-- l y j. s?s, HOW HS PROPOSED TO PIGHT THE BATTLE T'.. .' " - . OP THE UNION. - v " In fighting- th batOe,.!. ehalldoit'npon the basis laid down by a portion 0 the people of my own State, in a large and very intelligent meeting.' A committee of the' most in telligent mn in . the country reported, in the Lehape of.resolutions, to this meeting, the basis upon which I intend to fight this great bat- tie for Our rights. They reported this resolu- uon: f 'X Resolved, T h at we d ee ply sy m path ize with our sister. Southern States, and freely admit that there is good causeor dissatisfaction and complaint On their part, 00 account of the re cent election of secffonal candidatee to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, yet we, as a portion of the people of a lave-boMingcommunity,'are not for seceding bt breaking up the Union of these States, until every fair " and honorable means has been exhausted in : trying to "obtain, on the part of tne - non-eiavenolding states, a compliance with the spirit.and. letter of the Constitution and all its guarantees; and wben this , shall have been done, and the States now in open Rebellion against the laws of tbe United States, irefusinjr to execute the Fugitive-slave Law, Shall persist in their present unconstitutional course, and the Federal Government shall-fail Or refuse to execute the laws in good faith, it (the Government) will not have accomplished the' great design of its creation, and will, there fore, m the. fact, be a. practical dissolution, and all the States, as parties, be released from the compact wbich.forms the Union.' " WHAT TENNESSEE WILL DO IP THE NORTH s v . . . ..RE f USE 4IER RIGHTS. y -Aft: X believe that,' to a eertain extent, dissolution is - going, to take place. . I eay to tbe I? orth, you ought to- come op in tbe spirit which characterize and .control ; the 'North fn this question; and you ought to give these indications in ( good faith that ' will approach what the South demands. It will be-no eao-rifice on your part. -'It is no suppliancv on ours, hot amply a demand of right.' . What concession is there in doing right?, .. .Then, come forward. " We have it in our power yes this Congress h ere b night has it in its power to save this .U.ni6n even after ,Solh Carolina has gone ouU: ' Will 'they not do it? YOtrn do-it, Who :i willing' to; fake the dreadful alternative without making an honor able effort; to save thlsGovemment?. This Congress has it n its , power to-day to arrest This thing, at least for a season, nptil there is time to cons'er about it, until we Can act discreetly and prudently and, I believe,' arrest it altogether. , :,i. ... . '?hall we give all this-up to the Vandals and the Goths?- t Shall -we shrink jfromaur nduty, and desert the. Government as a siukin 5 sbiD. or shall we eland, bv it? I. for one. wu Stand here until the high behest of my conBti- tueott demands me to desert my -post; and instead .of laying bold of fhe'eolanwa of this fab-rio and palling it down though 1 may not be much of a prop, J-will eland with roy shoulder supporting the edifice as long as human efSort can do it, - Then, cannot we agree? ;-.; V i can, if jwe .will, and come " together and save the COnhtryV'W:ffc'. ju'In saying' what 1 have said onJ this occa sion, ilr. PresiMen t, t have done it in' vie w of I a duty that I felt :I owed ; to my constituent, (hat I owed to my children, that I owed to myself. -Withoat fegard to'conw have taken the position 1 have; and when the lz comes; when Greek: shall meet Greek, and ca.r ri-Ma are revised after all honorable means have, teen exLsnsted, then it ia that I will per ish in the lat breach; ye,, in the lacunars of lL3-.-.tr:-t meV-'I wurrdpate tvery-inch cf rroanJ; 1 -vi ill barn' every blide f 'grasa, t-1 1! lanii'.renchJtf'c! frefoTrr ehalllj - grave.V-Ttl.i,Ist cs tlin'd by l'.;g Ccrsti- 1; end ia f re-srvia tv.v Ccsetl'.-llcn Xrt ; . .. f.vM.3 Ur. tri, i-i rut tl aUa. Senator from Ulinole i attempted ' to lay down the doctrine of the ' Republican party, and to give hn construction of that doctrine. 7 In doing co he called our attention to their platform, which, he says, is mere reiteration -of the Declaration of Independence (at least, that is his idea), as it was formed br our fathers. To make my slf intelligible and distinctly under- stoodv t.wiii readabat portion or the platform which be quoted: . . - " " 'Resolved, That, with our Republican fathers, we hold it to be a self-evident truth that all men are endowed with the inalienable right 0 life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that the primary object and ulterior design of our Federal Government is to grant these rights to all persons under its excellent jurisdiction.' - "As the discussion progressed, drawing deductions from, this part of the platform, the Senator seemed to think that waS "the tenor of his argument that by reiterating the Declaration of Independence in this platform, they were embracing the doctrines laid -down by Mr. Jefferson, and showing that the .really meant to include persona of color in the Declaration and that each was the understanding of our Revolutionary fathers.1 ' I know that sometimes it has been said, and changes have been rung on it, that Mr. Jefferson, tbe apostle of Democracy and of liberty, laid down the doctrine that all men were created equal, that tbey had certain inalienable rights, that among these were life, liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness. . '' - . "Now, it seems to me, that a party, an in- telligern party that understands all the doc- irines sou principles 01 our vtovernmeni, in this does great injustice to that instrument and to the framers of the Constitution of tbe United States. -When we take the Declaration of Independence, and connect it with the circumstances under which, it was written, is there a raanflhroughoutthe length and breadth of this broad Republic who believes for one instant that Mr. Jeffers:n, when be penned it, had the negro population in his mind? Notwithstanding, he says that 'all men are created equal, and that they are by their Creater endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty,, and the pursuit of happiness is there an intelligent man throughout the whole country, is there a Senator, when he has stripped himself of all party prejudice, wbo will come forward and say that he believes that Mr. Jefferson,, when he penned that paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, intended it to embrace the African population? "Is there a gentleman ia the Senate who believes any such thing? ' Is there any one who will stake his repdtation on the assertion that that is the correct -interpretation of the Declaration ol Independence! 1 here is not a man of respectable- intelligence who will hazard his reputation npoa such an assertion. Why, then, indulge in this ad captandun discussion? Why try to, delude and deceive the Seat mass of the people by intimating" that r. Jefferson meant Africans or the African race? ; How .wen we situated when Mr. Jefferson penned the Declaration of .Independence! Did he not own slaves? Did not most of the persons in the Congress which adojrted the Declaration own slaves, and, after the "Decla ration waa adopted, by way of giving a correct - . . - I u I 1 lBterprevauoa.jo.is wosi ao we una incorporated m the Constitution, of tha . United States? Were the negroes then consideredthe persons who were "embraced in the Declaration of Independence? Were they not considered as property? In fixing the representation, slaves were regarded as property, and only three-fifths of them were to be counted, - clearly rec ognizing that they were one of the forms of hproperty, and not persons intended to be embraced in the . Declaration of Independence, as contended by some. I think it is clear. : "What more was provided in the Constitution of the United States, by way of giving a clear construction to the Declaration of Independence? It was provided that fugitives from labor, should be restored to the States from which thev escaped, upon demand being made; Does that look as if this description of persons were embraced in the Declaration of Indepen dence, and were considered eopial to tbe white race? It is evident to my mind, and it must be eo to everybody else, that Mr. Jefferson meant tbe white race, and not the African race. The Constitution gives it that interpretation. And his own acts, and those of his associates, when they were framing the - Declaration of Independence; - owning slaves, and afterward passing Jaws and making, wills which pro vided for their regular descent as ' property, confirm it. Then it seems to me that this does not avail the Senator much." . - MR. JOHNSON DISCLAIMS BEING AN ALLY OF SENATOR WADE OF OHIO. :" I am charged with being 'an ally' of the Senator from Ohiot . I, who, from my earliest infancy, or from th time I first comprehended principle, down to the present' time, have always stood battling for the same' great prin ciples that. I . contend for nowl,: .My.-, people know mejthey have tried me; and your little inuendoea and vour indiscretions jv ill not scare them, even though infuriated, seceding Southern men dare to intimate that -I am an ally"of Mr. Wade. The Senator charges me with being 'an ally while be and the leaders of Abolitionism are uniting all: their energies to break hia glorious Union. ; I : an ally I Thank God I am not in alliance with biddings, with Phillips, - with Garrison; and tbe long list of those who are engaged in the work of destruction, and in violating the Constiution of the United States 7-v-j-'l :':S -r Z -V" " IP THE QUESTION . COULD BE - 30T TO THE v PEOPLE THEY WOULD SETTLE IT. - ; i 'In conclusion, . Mr.-. President, I make an appeal to the conservative. men of all. parties. You see the posture of public affairs; you see the condition of the country; -yoa see) -along the line of baitle.the various points of conflict; J 00 see the struggle which the Union, men ave to maintain in many of the Statw.7, You ought to know and eel what Js necessary, to sustain those who. In - their hearts; desire the preservation 'of this Union of Statee. : Will you sit with stoic indifference, and see thocfe who are willing to stand by the Constitution and uphold; the pillars of the' Government driven away by . the raging enrgee vtliatf are now sweeping over eorde; portions of the co tin- try 7 ;-: As conservative men, as patnota, as men who desire the preservation- of tbis great,; this goocU.thls;noparsrled .Govenanent,:! ask Joo to save tbe cottry; or ret the wopo?it!on e eubmitted ia the peoplej that tne .heart of the'people may ireepond to them;' I "have an abiding o"nSdettce tn tS'lotellimeeVthe ra triotism, ajtd the'i-t?riiy $t the great mass of the people; e.n& I f:eHn my own heart that,! . . - a . ... . r .V . ii-oiv succ ca:i i re -gos oitrw vuciu, uit trc-IJ 1 : lili tL 1 ( ilea, an J " the TJaic.a cf these tvifea wc " i te prejerved Applause la t..3 r'...;r. 3.1 AXaLITIONISTaDISUinCi:! "Ia r .;t Cat I eh!l czy ca t' '3 c t net dl.Tcrv-ry f :r:t:..:y f ; -'V-ra'f. ;??!? 3. - r '"" " r tV"' C: : i. iseIa plUhed; that if the Union can not r e pre; err. ed in its spirit, by secession they will get those rights secured and perpetuated that they hava failed to obtain within the Union. I am op ' posed to secession. " I believe it is no rtmtif for the evils complained of. -Instead of act-. ing with that division of Southern friends who take ground for secession, I shall take other' grounds while I try to accomplish theaaxae". end. v . - '- - . V ''.? i "I think that this battle ought to be fought not outside," but inside of thf JJnicrn, and upon tbe battlements "of the .'Constitution itself. I ' am unwilling, of my own volition,' td Walk outside. of the Union .which baa been the to sjilt of a Constitution made - by. the patriots the. Revolution.- They formed, the ConaUtu-j. tion, and this Union that is so much spoken of, and which all of us are so desirous to pre serve, grows out of the Constitution, and, I re peat, I am not willing to walk out orthe JJn- j ion growing out of the Union gfowipg oat of the Constitution that waS formed by thv patriots, and,: I may say, the soldiers of the Her olution. So far as I am conceraed,' and Ibe---lieve I may speak of some degree of confidence for the people of my State, we joined to fight that battle meide and not. outside of .the Ua ion, it mast be those who violate it. We do w not intend to go out. It isour Conetitatioo;itii our Union, growing out of the -Conetittnioo ' and we do not intend to be driven from it rorr out of the Un.ioa. Those who have violated-! the Constitution either in the passage ofwba. are denominated personal I'bertybille, or by ? . their refusal to execute the Fugitive-slave Law they having violated the instrument that-binds rfs together must go out, and not we : IF SLAVERY IS ABOLISHED THE NdN-SLAVB HOLDERS WIH UNITE IN SUBJUQATINO " . TUB SLAVES. " - - " I have, said, in speaking on that subject, t that in 1856 I had seea a spirit and a feeling , . manifested in the country that I bad . never seen before, which convinced me clearly and conclusively what, the Abolition agitation ' . would eventuate in when it was pressed to its, final ultimatum. I; say that "if the day ever ' does come wben the effort is ma.e tb errtanci- ' pate the slavey, to abolish slavery, and tbftt them loose upon the country thenon-slaveholder of the South wilt be the first man to' : unite with the . slaveholder to reduce them J v subjugation aain; and if one would be more ready to do so than the Other,' it would be the' , non-slaveholder. I have said that; and that if their resistance to subjugation were obstinate and stubborn, the non-slaveholder would- unite with the slaveholder, and all this Abo- , lition philanthropy, all this Abolition sympa-." thy, when pressed to its ultimatum, would re1" suit in the extirpation of the negro race Thiet ' is what I said. It is what I felt, and what l-saw, and what I know to be tbe feeling of the non-slaveholders in the slaveholding States' lo : L day. Press, this question to its. ultimatum, and the non-slaveholder will unite, heart and hand, in subjugating the Africanand if resistance be made, in .extirpating the negro race;. and that is where this question will end, not-, withstanding all the: sympathy and. all the philanthropy, that may-beLetincedLaud if the" agitation be carried out snccessfully, to its eosr- summation " -'. ' ' - ; - '' J. -. . v-- If I said any thing io the presence or heari Ing of any body on.tht- point, that is what I did say; and I repeat-iow, ; that the Idea of there being any difference between the feeling"-of the slaveholders -and . noQ-stavebohrer of-the South On this question, is a mirftaken one v a false one, as the demonstrations at Harper's Ferry proved most-. ccnclueively.r .V.'hect : there was agitation In Tennessee.- in ISC-o, I ? .' saw that Jhe non-slaveholder was the readiest' man to raise up and redoes the negro to sub jugation; and -would join the master in exter pating, if necessary, this race from existence, rather than see thfrrf liberated and turned loose upon this country. ' Every' thing I said on this subject was to meet the fallacious and-absurd idea that the non-slaveholders of the South would unite with the. negroes against their masters." v 7 " . - Ho Hore Mercy . .: . ,7 The Albany .Express, one' of the wanneet Abolition papers in "the country, .in speaking Of the I hirst for. revenge, manifested . in' the avowal that there should be no more mercy toward the South, by speakers commenting 1 upon the great calamity which has befallen the nation, says t ' , . . -- . ' - :.. " If there is to be ho tnore : mercy,' then it is time to pulldown our pulpits and to. build :. up platforms for the gallows,' to quintruple: our prison-houses, to change half of our asy lums and hospitals into jails, and dungeons. " No more mercy V Then in vain the Son of. God. said -upon the cross, '..Father,." forgive- them, lor they know not what they do f nd- - . in vain God himself declared; ' Vengeance ia - " mine ,. I will repay No more mercyi : Thea' let every offender against God, man, and eona- try receive an eye iotan. eye; and a Tooth for a tooth. States and, courts, judges and. parents, princes and masters, on this . plea will - onsheath the sword and strike at all who' de' . part never so much from the strict law of dn- . tyi Thank God this is trot tbe eentlment of a-Chrie'an; patriotic, humane.: or wise peoplsii No man can live an hour tried by a tribunal ' where 4here is" no! mercy ; and so losg 'ae -. ' v " Christ's Sermon on the Mount stands, cr the epirit of Christianity lives in tbe hearts of (' " -people, it will be a living rebuke' to thoes - dsmand. that, there shall be no more r1'- - Horrible Accideat'on! tio Steaccr : - tana 1,500 live Supposed. tat 3 I.. . ; Ciiao, Aprif28.-The steamer Sultana frc i X New Orleana. dn the evening of the" 21st, rt.t.-rived at, Vicksburg with her boiler -le 2 xiri"'.' badly. She remained there ' thirty toaro re- '-pairing and taking on 1,996 'Federal a!dier and35 offlcer lately released - fro ra Chowaa ' and Anderson villa, priaons. ;.La -arrived-as' Uilemphls last evening: i. After coaling she pro-i eeedeu at aooat z A. ai. : Abont. three, when evenxniles npj ebeblewnp,' immediately t k!n fire and burning ta the water's e.ire. ;- C i - -' - 2;l5d eonla aboard, not more than 7X s ' : - ; rescued -vCJ of tho rescued are now ia ic- - ' . - tala. Two or. three hundred of the " vni-j 1T': '' are at the Soldier's Home. Caplain llai Of the Sultana," is aopposed tobe-lost.' At 4" - . OVlock thf;iDOToine- the. 'river fa front cf ' tlemphia was covered with ac!iies f trr-- for life, many cithern bsdly" scalded. -.1 . ' - " I immediately went to their rescue, and are t .1 engaged in-p!ckir (Lerafop.r" General V. ' . burne JmCieJIa'iTy cr0inired a' boarJ ' cere to invest;j the afD.fr, who -are work dofrx ts :No f-rtLer - r .rt:; ' received.!; v - . - -- --- . LATHIS - :C!ifs, April J. dr. !.-:..!;'.; ! Six Cf thee atc-ri t. ? . . . -J ti.r' tx , ... .3 H3 ,c 7 l!, C t-S c:.i ty v j t- V.. JC,

:-;--V' -SiSr "" ' ''' "' ' jr. i,. . 'ir, r. - ..I. -j ' - " ' . ; ' - ' ' i .,-,. ' Me 1 "" mm m " ' i , - ' ' i ' ' ' 1 . ' " t , . , i .i. , . . .7 , :is..':-n.v?v:y.' .t-.r?-- VOLUME MOUNT VERNON, - OHIO : MAY 6, 1865. NUMBER 3. J gtnwtratu-; fanner- " "li aUIBkI STBT SATVKSAT XOEVUS BT 0Oe in Tf oodwmrd Block, Sd Storj. t t 1 . v- j 2.50 pr annum, payable strict in adranc WfS.OO If payment Be delayed. ' Tbe"ternu will Hgidljr adbered to. ' U. S. 7-30 LOAN. iBy authority 'of the Secretary of the Treasury, he undersigned has assumed the General Subscription Agency for the sale of United States Treasury Notes, bearing seren and three tenths per cent, interest, per annnm, known as the j SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. . These Notes are issued under date of August loth, 1804, and are payable three years from that time, in currency, or are eoavertible at the option of the holder into 11, S. 5-20 Six per eent. aOX.I)-XJXLAXLXI7a BOZTDS. These bonds are now worth a premium of nine per eent, including gold interest from Nor., which makes the actual profit on the 7.30 loan, at current rates, including interest about ten per cent, per annum, ' besides its Jcemptia from Statu and municipal taxation, iekic addt from one to three per cant, more, according to the rate levied en other property. . The interest is payable semi-annually by coupons attached to each note, which may be cut off and sold to any bank or banker. The interest amounts to One eent per day on a $50 note. Twoeenta" . $100 Ten $300 ao - $1000 $1 $5000 4 . Notice of Jail the denominations named will be promptly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions.- This la ,. '":ty: ' -' : .THE ONLY LOAN IS HAEEET , now offered by the Government, and it is confidently expected that its superior advantage will make it the Great Popular Loan of the People . Less than $200,000,000 remain unsold, which will probably be disposed of within the next 60 or 90 days, when the notes will undoubtedly command a premium, as has uniformly been the" case on closing the subscriptions to the other Ioaas. InMeW that "eitjsMSWery town and seoiioa of the eountry may be afforded facilities for: taking the loan, toe gatUnaL-BanhsyrBUtsj'1 Banks, and , Private Bankers throaghout the-eountry have generally agreed to reeeive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom they have confidence, and who only are to be responsible for the delivery of the notes for which they receive Xwders.V ; y JAY COOKE, .- V ' Subtcription Agent, Pkila. Subscriptions reoeivedby the Fint Natymal Bank ofManifield. Feb. 25, 1865. The Ninth National Bank .' OP THE CITT OF NEW YORK. ; CAPITAL, $1,000,000 PAID IN, FISCAL AGENT OF UNITED STATES, And Special Agent for Jay Cooke, Subscription Agent, "TTTffcL DELIVER 7-30 NOTES, FREE OF TV CHARGE, by express, in all parts of the country, and receive in payment Checks, on New York, Philadelphia and Boston, current bills, and all five per eent. interest notes, with interest to date of subscription. : Order sent by mail will be promptly oiled.."-..-"';- ;-, This Bank receives the accounts of Banks and Bankers ou favorable terms; also of individuals keeping New York acoounts. J. TJ. OBVIS, Preudenu March 4, '5 ; J.T. HILL, Caekter KNOX COUNTY BANK. 30 LOAIST. V Of BONDS, large and small denominations, eonstantlT on hand and ' for sale at the -Knox County Bank. March 18-ml- II. OGLEVEE, Catkier. Certificate of Authority National Bank, X OF MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. y-.r' i- - .TBBASURY DEPARTMENT, ) - Office of Comptroller of tke Currency, ' '- ' r i WASHiiroTOjr, March 17th, 1885. J 'kT HERBA8, by satisfactory evidence presented ' fIT to the undersigned, it has been made to' ap-pear that "The First National Bank of Mount Ver non," in the City of Mount Vernon, in the County of -JLBox, ana oiace 01 vaio, Has been duly organised ; Mder and according to the requirements of the Act viougressy-eunuea "An Act to provide a National Curreaoyv secured by a pledge of United States bonds, nd'so proride tor' the circulation and redemption thereof. approved June 4, 184, nod has complied with all too provisions of said Act reouired to be : eonrp lied with before . commencing the business of Banking aid Aet; . 1 mFZ? 9l" 'Currency being vacant, 'TrrtT' 8nel T. Howard, Deputy Cop-i!? Currtmer, do hereby certify that "The irst National Bank of Mount Vernon in the -City ; Uf Ohio, fs authorised to oommeseo thw bueiuee of la TesilmWuy Whttto UhMi my uahd id seal of offloe the Seventeenth -Am nt March. 1888. - : SvVSnd) , ' SAMUEL T. H0WARB ? ;l y IftjjmtyomptrQnor of the Currency. J. '!yXc Ut&4 .autioiir nbori giveB -thi' Bank' will -;-3T3caoe business, Saturday, April 1st, 1885 at Its . eCioe La the ilier .Block, eorter of Main A Vine etreets. - :.- " . - - Mount Vernoni March JJd, 1885. MSMUZ5, IS: J. 34 : -V JVemon Bank.fl fr rVair. tkisBuk wiU cease dolnt ,tilUstN'iouslBankofMorrvJL: " d. sturSt -x r; ' ' V(M MTV ft U ki,i, af IUaaij, & $sm al taiiC Jet I 8BXX.Y T11E MOTHER'S DAY-DREAM. ; A mother sat at ber sewing, ' ,.' Bat ber brow was full of thought; - The little one playing tside her . ,-; Her own sweet mischief wrought. A book on a chair lay near her, ; Twas open I strove to see At the xld Greek artist's story, MI paint for eternity." . 80 I fancied all her dreaming S. : ., I watched her serious eye-As the 'broidery dropped from her fingers And she heaved a heart-felt sigh.i r She drew the litt U one nearer, :; ' : And looked on the sonny face. Swept the bright curls from the open brow. And kissed it with loving grace. And she thought, " I, too, am an artist; ; My life-work here I This sweet, dear face, my hand must trace, ' I must paint for eternity. Hence, each dark passion shadow ! Pain's deeply graven lines ! Hex's must be the reflected beauty That from the pure heart shines. ' " But how shall I blend the colors, How mingle the light and shade, Or arrange the weird surroundings v The future has arrayed f Oh, Life ! thou hast weary nightfalls. And Hays all dreary that be, : But from thy darkness, marvelous grace Wilt thou evoke for me ? M Alas, that I am but a learner I So where shall I make me wise, Or obtain the rare old colors, - The Master's precious dyes f I must haste to the fount of beauty, . Must pleadingly kneel at his feet, And crave, mid his wiser scholars, The humblest pupil's seat. ' " Then, hand and heart together, . Some grace shall add each day ; Thus, thus, shall her face grow lustrous With beauty that cannot decay. My darling! God guide my pencil And grant me the vision to see In the light of His love, without blemish or stain, : In the coming eternity." - Then, the mother awoke from ber day-dream, - Her face grew bright again, And I knew her faith was strengthened - By more than angel's ken. Her finger's flew the faster ; " ; While she sang a soft, low song ; It seerCed like a prayer for the child so bright, As it thrilled the air along. THE FRUITS OF WAR. Bring boa VHsT Jhee the dertinsc 0 And. hrethei1 JTross hia first teid mfgWXt -woo Ah ! what are fame and honor to the mother Ta iti. iImhv An ra all .'.f Uraft-tkAn tAn ''' ' ' Is it her brave and beautiful returning, ' That friends and ueighbors hurry forth to greet? ' Oh! like the death ehfll to love's tender yearning i Comes the dark thought of what they go to meet! Not the young footsteps that wnt out so bounding ; Not the glad voice that told of Hope and Fame (Still do the fair young sisters hear it sounding Tbo promise, they should proudly hail kie name !) " Ne'r shall the dark eyes lift their silken lashes- Ne'er the bright smile a joyous welcome tell Bring home, bring home the cold and silent ashes ! The all now left of him they love so well ! In the proud pages of his country's story, What if his name the wished-for laurel gain ! An evil field, a sad and bitter glory. Sends back but duet to loving hearts again! National Intelligencer. Tho Objection to the Sherman Johnston A rus uifCBGC. The Cincinnati Commtnercial disapprorea the SLerman-Johnston Peace Treat y ; but opposes the Removal and degradation of Sherman. which the Cincinnati Gazette And others appear to" be exceedingly anxious rhould be done. The Commercial, in the following ex- ' ... w tract, etates what effect the ratification of this treat would hare, as well as the prime objection to it: "It should not be Toreotten that if the prin ciples of Gen. Sherman and Johnston, Department Commanders that is the authorities of the United States had ratified the. treat- made at Chapel HUV North Carolina, all the rebel armies would have been disbanded, and ours would not. Kirby Smith, as well as Joe Johnston; and the guerrilla squads in the cot ton estates and west or the Mississippi acknowledging Confederate authority, would have been sent home." Thus the first eMential mn. dition of peace proclaimed since the com mencement of the war, would have been fulfilled, viz:. The rebels would have thrown down their arms and dispersed. ' ' "As to the places of depoeit" of the arms, the fact should not be overlooked' that th State Capitals of North -Carolina, Virrfnia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisi-I ana are in oar possession, and that arms de- e:ted therein would have been In oar hands, ore than this, there is so State Capital that we could not reach and occupy in a tbrtniehtf and after such ao experience as the Sontliera people hare had. their armies once disbanded cobld not be called together. . ...-. ,. ;- ' - "Tberefore, ih a mlliUry v point of view, Sherman ' treaty would have closed the war, entirely- in-but faVor. ' This) - he clearly saw; and; owing to tbe exclusively military charao-ter of his mind; he did Toot see that which re maided behind, and which the great tnajoritv are agreed is so objectionable, i ' - ' . - -v j 'F."i V-tbeUlirHf rwaVhen r8heri man's treaty would hate been hailed with ac-cJjjroatiQDSan as unanimoosly approved1 as it ts now cottdemned-" " The' general feeliog Is that we should fail to do oar daty li r were; to stop short, now that the means: are he car hands, and thf opportosity offersi of tha tbo lition ortlavery That alone-will secure; the ?t Is a good Ume to get rid of that ?eey pet, Tan4an v owrtai: wd rnust jropreve it, V )f w should xjoV the'ret salt m.ghi b-probably would be, half cent turyf discord aclTiI -war, in which it-ii P0e5le the acene. et UdoViahed and -desola tion-tpight ot beenflneoVo excla6rVely"a one rection;ai darlnrthi present waf n e ere rtbe 'thin overloclcei la the. C'. 3 Tr-ritjj t-Vwe.c-anct, 1 3 a ttotfs, r-Lvi'la crrrxica'iEsUacis. c-f c:!f-rrj;:rsr'' -:i rr V: V ' 5 c' ' ia t , - - ANDREW JOHXSOS'S RECOUP. JSU Opioiont on Popular Government Lone Cheriihed Cannot be Cnanged. Wiiat These Opinions Aref as Drawn From His Congressional, fiecord. . "In regard to my future courie, I will now make no professions no pledges. 'I have been connected somewhat actively with public affairs, and TO TB HISTORY OF MY PAST PUBLIC ACTS, WHICH IS FAMILIAR TO YOU, I REFER FOR THOSE P R I N CI PLES WHICH HAVE GOVEJtNf D ME HERETOFORE, AND WILL GUIDE ME HEREAFTER. In general, I will sav I have long labored for the amelioration and elevation of the great mass of mankind. My opinions as to tbe nature of popular. Government have long been cherished, and CONSTITU TED AS I AM, IT IS NOW TOO LATE IN LIFE FOR ME TO CHANGE them. J BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT WAS MADE FOR MAN, NOT MAN FOR GOVERNMENT. v- : : . . - -..- f From President Johnson's speech, to citi zens of Illinois, April 18, 1865. In the Senate of the United States, May 21, 1860, the question being demanded, the - vote was taken on each separately with the ibl lowing result: .: THE STATES FREE AND "INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGNTIES. 1. JUtolvtd, That in the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the States adopting the same acted severally as free and independent sovereignties, delegating a - portion of their powers to be exercised by tbe Federal Govern ment for the increased security of each against dangers, domestic as well as foreign ; and that any intermeddling by any one or more States, or. by a combination of their citizens, with the domestic institutions of the other, "im any'pre- text wuatever, political, moral or religious, with the desire to their disturbance or subversion, is in violation of the Constitution, insulting to the peace and tranquility objects for which the Constitution was formed and, by necessary consequence, tends to weaken and destroy-the Union itself. Ycas Messrs. Benjamin, - Bicler,- ; Bra ire. Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clay, Clingman, Crittenden, Davis, Fhzpatrick, Green, G win, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iversod, John son of Arkansas, JO II NSON of Ten nessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mallory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh", Rice. Sebastian, 81idell, Thomson, Toombs, Wig- fall and Yulee 36. . Nats Messrs. Bineham. Chandler. Clark. Collamer, Dixon, DooTittle, Fessenden, Foot, foster, Orimes,.iiale, Hamlin, Harlan, Kinff, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wall and Wilson 19. . . INTERFERENCE. OF SLAVERY IN THE STATES A BREACH OF FAITH. T an institutions I inherited froin our aneestorH,- aud ; existing at the kdontion of th Cnnatitntinn. f Kvk in recogniied as constituting . an wporlant element in the apportionment of .pawe' " among the States; and that no change of opinion : or feeling on the ' part of -the nbn-elavehblding States of the Union, itirelation.to,.ihia. institution, can justify rhem or their citizens : in. open or covert attacks thereon with a vieWfo its overt brow, and that all such attacks .are in manifest violation of the mutual and. sol emn pledge to protect and defend ench ; other, given by -the States respectively on entering into the constitutional compact which formed the Union, and are a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn : obligations. , . : . Yeas Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clav, Clingman, Crittenden. Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter. I verson, Johnson pf Arkansas, JOHNSON of Tenressee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mallory, 'Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Sebastian. Slide!!, Thompson, .Toombs, Wig-fall and Yulee 36. - - Nats Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon, DooTittle, Feseenden, Foote, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Klne. Simmons. Sumner. Ten Eveki ' Trumbull. - vvwhpwhvhv - u Wade, and Wilson 19. the Union rests on the equality of the states, 3. IUsclved, That the Union of these States rests on the equality of. rights and privileges among, its members, and that it is especially the duty of the Senate, which represents the States in their sovereign capacity, to resist all attempts to discriminate, either in relation to persons or property, in the Territories ."which are the. common -possessions; of the- United States so as to give advantages to ,theciti-zens-of one State which are not equally allowed to those of every other State.1 YiAi 'Messrs- Benjamin, - Bigler,' Bragg, Brown, Bright, Clement, Clay, Clingman, Crittenden. Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond,, Hemphill, Hunter, I verson, Johnson of Arkansas, JOHNSON of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham. Mallory, Mason. Nicholson, Pearce, Polk. Powell, Pugh. Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thomson; Toombs, Wigfall and Yolee 36... ": : : Nats Messrs. Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Dixon Doolittle, Fessenden, Foote, Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Simmons. Sumner, Tea Eyck, .TrombuUiWade, and Wilson 18. - CONGRESS NO POWER. OVER SLAVERYin " ' .' THE TERRITORIES- 1 4 - 4 iiaolvectt fThat neither Congress, nor Territorial Legislature, whether by direct leg lalatioo or legislation of an indirectand'-un-friendly characur, possess power to annol :br impair the conetitntional right of any; citizen f the United States V tke him slave proper-ty iato the commoaTerritones, and l&erehold and enjoy the same while,thfl territorial con-ditionsj'eniains.'" -Ir:i.-..f SMBlrtDjamil Bigler;' Bm:. Bright,; BrowB? qhesnut, . Uay, ClinrmanV Crittenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green," Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill. Hunter, Ivenioa; Johnson of Arkansas, JOHNSON 4r,Tenrieasee, Kertnedy,; Lane Laibam,. JXallory.iIson, Nwholson Pearce-, Polk; owell,. Rice, JSebas-han, SUdjelVThooison, Toombs TVigfali; and Tulee-iSS;-'' -''jiti -4. v- r NAT8-Mteri Bia Aarn: aaidle r3ark. Collamer, Pixon,' !oiitUe Feasendea,J Foot, rosier, unmev4JaJe 41atnJii,IIarIii, ILjng, I P"?btAI?WDSamneri:.Teoi Eyck,, Trnrj-Wan4jn2ICCSLSSIONAL pfiOTTCTIC- C! ClAVr3 '-C'i -r'V'C? TTZiB THIltlC!!'1" V. ' err t -y.tlir!e -ore'that the : '.c'n'y c .uGt-pc:::; 3 , ' 1 to c :.',. I if 111 '- : t o'' l , r v . ' " ' " I imnrtrtant nortinrt rrthir Hnraciiti tbe limits ortbe cor uiauonai power, r .. - YsUs--Me8rev L -njsm inV Bigler, Bra gg, Bright, Cheinnt Cla y. CIS ngman, Crittenden, Davisr FiUpafricki' retn, v w in,f H ammond, "Hemphill. Hnnter, tTersou, Job nson, oY; Arkansas, JOH NSON; oftTenQeasee, Kennedy, Lane, Lathanr.- Mai ry; Masonv: Nicholson, Pearce' Polk; Powell,- Pugh; Rice, ' Sebastian, Slidell, TenrEyek, Tpombs,'WigfallaadYa-Iee-35,' ..fii : 3-7.:-": : NATS--Messrsi Himlin andTramball 2U NEW STATES TO BB J ADMITTED WITH OE WITHOUT Si.AVXBY,4 AS THE PEOPLE DE-: . CIDE. .fv iWrf ;Cr'-MM.; ,4-': 4- 6. J?w7woLTbat the inhabitan ts of a Ter ritory of the United States; when they rightfully form a Constitution to be admitted . as a State into the Union,may then for the flrst time like tbe. people' of a State whenfonw-ing a new Constitution-Decide for themselves wbetherTalayery,rs5! a " doraestio "institution, shall be maintained or prohibited within their jurisdictionr and they shall be received into the Union, with or cthout slavery, as thel? Constitution may pretcribe at the time of their admission, :. ' ; Yx as Messrs. Benjamin, Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Chesnut, Clay, CHngman Crittenden, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Greeny Gwin, Hammond, Hempjiill, Hunterltereon; Johnson of: Arkansas, JOHNSON of -Tennessee, Kenned? , Lane; Latham,'' Masoo? ; icholsoo, ' Pearce, Polk Powell, Rice, Sebastian, Slidell, Thorn-Bon, Toombs, Wigfall and Yulee--35. -; Nats Messrs. Bufgham, Chandler, Dixon, Foot, Foster,: Hale, Pugh; Simmons, " Ten Eyck, Trum,bulli Wade and WHaon 12. - THE PROVISION - Of 'THE CONSTITUTION IN RELATION TO THE RENDITION. OF SLAVES MUST BE CARRIED OUT. ' 7. Jtesolved'i That the provision of the Constitution foe the rendition of fugitives from service or labor, withont the adoption"1 of which the Union coold not have been formed ; and that the laws of 1795 nd 1850, - which were enacted to secure its execution, and the "main features of which being similar, bear the impress of nearly" seventy years of sanction by the highest judicial Authority, should be honestly and faithfully observed and maintained by all who enjoy the benefits of our "compact of Union ;nd that all acts of individuals or of State Legislatures Jo defeat the purpose - or nullify the requirements of that provision, and the laws made in rmfVuance of it. are hostile :in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in' their effect. 7 Ycas Messrs - Behjarnin. Bigler Bragg, Bright, ' .Brown, Chesnut, - Clay, Clingman, Crittenden,. Davis, FitEpatric1c,reen, 'Gwin, Hammond, IlemphitU' Hunter, lverson.'J ohn-son, of Arkansas, J OIINSON : of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, : LathaTri,- Mallory, Mason, NicholaonVPolk, Poelk.Pugb, Rice, Sebastian j Slidell, . Ten Eyck,- Thomson, Toombs, Wigfall, and .YuleeJo.'; V' - J. Nats Messrs. Chandler, Clark, Foot, Hale, Wade, and W ilsoti 6 li . J'. ,' OPPOSED. ;T0 '"VTARUPON JTHB SOUTH. Troea Andrew J.ohnsen's Bpeeeh of .February that llr. J oliDsou - r of sv :wae on the South, Mr." Johu?wA aidi "-r7 s. fl march, down upon South' Carolina I Ji$ I propose any SMch thing? ; Jio. .War is not the natural element of my mind mind ; andr as usseui sh -ivuiu. va mj umihi iiumu nmiy, wkm ated jn :tbat- epeecb,(;my: ; thoughts, were led 00 peace," and not on'. wef.'-s'r want 5 Do I Stated turned on Deace. strife ; I want no virf-In.the- languSge of a denomination that is'.vefrumeroua , in 'the country; I may say I bate war and love peace. I belong to the peace: party, r thought when I was making that speech, that I was holding out the olive-branch sof ; peaces -t-X wanted to give quiet arwi , reconiiliaUon-: to -a. : distraeted and excited country!? That waa the ''object:!, bad in view. ' Wr I repeat,'ls not the natural element of toy raind- I would rather -wear upon my garments the tinge, of the , shop and the duet of the field, as badges of the -pursuits otpeace.thanT: tbe: gaudy -epanlet liporr? mv shoulder, or a sworddangliiig by my side, with its elitterine scabbard, the insignia of strife. of.war, of blood, of carnage ; sometimes of noDursuie auu gionuus war, v ui, sir? i wouia rather see the'people of the United ' States - at war with every other power-Hpoftv the habitable globe, thau be at war,wub each other. ;. If blood must be shed, let it not be shed by. the people of, these , Statesj the. one. contending against the other.1 4 ,4 l . "r - r THE GENERAL GOVERNJIENT i HAS NO RIGHT TO COB.RPE A STATE. . doi noV4belteVev the Fderal ) Government has the pewer to coerce a Setate for by the eleventh amendment ofthe Constitution of the United States, it is - expressly provided (hat yon can not evenjl put one of' the States of this Confederacy before-' one of the courts of. the country as A party;r As a State, the Federal Government has no power to coerce it; bat it is a member of the compact to which it agreed in ;cornfnon with -the other Sutes, anllhU Govern oieh t ies the right to pass. Jaws and to ep force -those laws upon;in-dividuals-witb iA the .lliniur ot each State. WhUe the one propoeitioh is clear, Uie other ia equally sow.- This Goverament cao, by the Constitution of the country andr by - the- lawf enacted in conformity with the . ponstttotion, operate upon Individaats, aii j Tbaa the right and the poweK -riot to eoerce it State.' bnt to enforce and exeCutethe law vpbn individuals within the 4imita a State-si 1 - ih;v H; f,I know.thatrthe term 4o,4coerco;' State,' is Used in an ad eaptandwn manner. It s. a Sovereighty.that is to W crushed inflow Is a State' in the Uniott What Is her connection wlth.it 1?i AU4he connecUon she JhAs wlth the ptber States a that bicbv is- agreed ' npon in the connection between the States. ; dd : not know whetherou -may Jjponsid6r; It in. the Union; or out -of theUnion; or whether ! y o aioiply cofisidefIpt connection;-f? na disconnection, with the'other Staies but to tbe extent that a State' null I.Sea or seta aside any law or anrtorovteion of b9 CfehstituUob.'to that extent it hast dissolved itecon6ection,An4 ;n0 mor.fJ I'thfnk th SUtesnhat h a ve passed their personal liberty bills, ta violation of -the Cooetttutidq of the United States, coming into teirt have dissolved their connection,! and to that extent It Is revolution. Bat becaase some of tho free States h'aye'"passed laws violative of thaf ConsUtution j becsGse Jthejr 'hrcttb some extent.'dissolre.ltbeir ;connection7wih this' Government, docs tiat Jastify -us -Of! tbe South in folio wir t't b-vl example ?v Be-cause they have pasc fer -r.al liberty bills, and have, to lha. zz: r.t, t:; :J the cp&ct whtth;iaTecifror".l. '-'. ! v?? f -rh - rrr:,r-the Other hand, sr i v: ' 3 , t! ? Ccr . bycoercrDgt.5ni r a ' ? Yil I we'd 5 e 3 Z , . - i4.'Thea Ir05e-l-"i.to . tL9--.tsf'--e letTis tiznA ja U-'-"1 -l etU-i'.-i.tt.ecj tc 'y iz.'. or violate it3 guar?r -( it .hare tskea-'tbeln! ' ' t SC--1 l:i:!7..i:"-.- i-tr- 1 tDrtr- z-V.-.. - 5 it? said yesterday, there are two parties i ;thn country that: want to break rap the. Government, Who are they ? The nullifiera proper of tbe South, the secessionibts or disunionista for iTiselhem all as synonymous terms. There is a portion of them7rs, "desire the disruption of the Government for: purposes of metr orn aggranuueeraenu a ao doi cnarge .upon them that they . want to. break up the Government for tbe purpose of affecting sla very; yet I charge that the breaking up'of the Government woold have that effect ; .the result would be the same. Who else is for breaking up the Government I refer to some bad men in the North." There is a set of men who are called - Abolilioniets, Land -they want to break up the Government.' They are disunion-iets ; they are nollifiers." - .. " THE PEOPLE COULD SETTLE THE DIPFI-CULTY IF UNINFLUENCED BY POLITICIANS. "Bad men North say provoking things ia reference to the instutions of the South, and bad men and bad tempered men of the South say provoking and insulting things in return ; and so goes on war of crimination and recrimination in reference to the two sections of the country, and the institutions peculiar to each. They become enraged and-insnHed, and then they, are denunciatory of each other; and what is the result? The Abolitionists, and those who entertain their sentiments, abuse men of the South, and men of the South abuse them in return. They do not fight each other ; but they both become offended and. enraged.. One is dissatisfied with the other; one is insulted by the other ; and then, to seek revenge, to gratify themselves, they both agree to make war upon the Union that never offended or injured either. Is this right ? What has tins Union done ? Why ehould these contending parties make war upon it because they have insulted and agrieved ; each other ? This glorious Union, that was spoken into existence by the fathers of the country, must be made war upon to gratify these animosities. Shall we, because we have said bitter things of each other which have been offensive, tarn -upon, the Government and seek its destruction, and entail all the disastrous consequences upon commerce upon agriculture, upon the industrial pursuits of the country, that must result from the breaking up of a great Govern ment like this I What is to be rained out of the Union that we can " not get in it Anything? I have been zealously contending for and intend to continue to contend for every right, even to the ninth part of a hair, that 1 feel the State that I have the honor to represent is entitled to. 1 do not intend to demand any thing but that which is right-; and 1 will remark, in this connection, thaf theieT is a spirit in the country which, if it does not exist to a very great extent in" this Hall, does exist in the great mass of the people North and South, to do what is right; and ir the Question could be taken awav from Doliticiane: if it could be taken way from the Congress of the United States, and refsrr!. to the ereat mass of the iotelligeot votif. population of the AJnited States, they would settle -it. with- em k-elr.t)iei(lifBHy, Aod bid defiance to jMcesaionista and disuniooistsr; , A pplajjse ia 5rKTO - ...... .-..j fee;;;- i----.:,'-- l y j. s?s, HOW HS PROPOSED TO PIGHT THE BATTLE T'.. .' " - . OP THE UNION. - v " In fighting- th batOe,.!. ehalldoit'npon the basis laid down by a portion 0 the people of my own State, in a large and very intelligent meeting.' A committee of the' most in telligent mn in . the country reported, in the Lehape of.resolutions, to this meeting, the basis upon which I intend to fight this great bat- tie for Our rights. They reported this resolu- uon: f 'X Resolved, T h at we d ee ply sy m path ize with our sister. Southern States, and freely admit that there is good causeor dissatisfaction and complaint On their part, 00 account of the re cent election of secffonal candidatee to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, yet we, as a portion of the people of a lave-boMingcommunity,'are not for seceding bt breaking up the Union of these States, until every fair " and honorable means has been exhausted in : trying to "obtain, on the part of tne - non-eiavenolding states, a compliance with the spirit.and. letter of the Constitution and all its guarantees; and wben this , shall have been done, and the States now in open Rebellion against the laws of tbe United States, irefusinjr to execute the Fugitive-slave Law, Shall persist in their present unconstitutional course, and the Federal Government shall-fail Or refuse to execute the laws in good faith, it (the Government) will not have accomplished the' great design of its creation, and will, there fore, m the. fact, be a. practical dissolution, and all the States, as parties, be released from the compact wbich.forms the Union.' " WHAT TENNESSEE WILL DO IP THE NORTH s v . . . ..RE f USE 4IER RIGHTS. y -Aft: X believe that,' to a eertain extent, dissolution is - going, to take place. . I eay to tbe I? orth, you ought to- come op in tbe spirit which characterize and .control ; the 'North fn this question; and you ought to give these indications in ( good faith that ' will approach what the South demands. It will be-no eao-rifice on your part. -'It is no suppliancv on ours, hot amply a demand of right.' . What concession is there in doing right?, .. .Then, come forward. " We have it in our power yes this Congress h ere b night has it in its power to save this .U.ni6n even after ,Solh Carolina has gone ouU: ' Will 'they not do it? YOtrn do-it, Who :i willing' to; fake the dreadful alternative without making an honor able effort; to save thlsGovemment?. This Congress has it n its , power to-day to arrest This thing, at least for a season, nptil there is time to cons'er about it, until we Can act discreetly and prudently and, I believe,' arrest it altogether. , :,i. ... . '?hall we give all this-up to the Vandals and the Goths?- t Shall -we shrink jfromaur nduty, and desert the. Government as a siukin 5 sbiD. or shall we eland, bv it? I. for one. wu Stand here until the high behest of my conBti- tueott demands me to desert my -post; and instead .of laying bold of fhe'eolanwa of this fab-rio and palling it down though 1 may not be much of a prop, J-will eland with roy shoulder supporting the edifice as long as human efSort can do it, - Then, cannot we agree? ;-.; V i can, if jwe .will, and come " together and save the COnhtryV'W:ffc'. ju'In saying' what 1 have said onJ this occa sion, ilr. PresiMen t, t have done it in' vie w of I a duty that I felt :I owed ; to my constituent, (hat I owed to my children, that I owed to myself. -Withoat fegard to'conw have taken the position 1 have; and when the lz comes; when Greek: shall meet Greek, and ca.r ri-Ma are revised after all honorable means have, teen exLsnsted, then it ia that I will per ish in the lat breach; ye,, in the lacunars of lL3-.-.tr:-t meV-'I wurrdpate tvery-inch cf rroanJ; 1 -vi ill barn' every blide f 'grasa, t-1 1! lanii'.renchJtf'c! frefoTrr ehalllj - grave.V-Ttl.i,Ist cs tlin'd by l'.;g Ccrsti- 1; end ia f re-srvia tv.v Ccsetl'.-llcn Xrt ; . .. f.vM.3 Ur. tri, i-i rut tl aUa. Senator from Ulinole i attempted ' to lay down the doctrine of the ' Republican party, and to give hn construction of that doctrine. 7 In doing co he called our attention to their platform, which, he says, is mere reiteration -of the Declaration of Independence (at least, that is his idea), as it was formed br our fathers. To make my slf intelligible and distinctly under- stoodv t.wiii readabat portion or the platform which be quoted: . . - " " 'Resolved, That, with our Republican fathers, we hold it to be a self-evident truth that all men are endowed with the inalienable right 0 life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that the primary object and ulterior design of our Federal Government is to grant these rights to all persons under its excellent jurisdiction.' - "As the discussion progressed, drawing deductions from, this part of the platform, the Senator seemed to think that waS "the tenor of his argument that by reiterating the Declaration of Independence in this platform, they were embracing the doctrines laid -down by Mr. Jefferson, and showing that the .really meant to include persona of color in the Declaration and that each was the understanding of our Revolutionary fathers.1 ' I know that sometimes it has been said, and changes have been rung on it, that Mr. Jefferson, tbe apostle of Democracy and of liberty, laid down the doctrine that all men were created equal, that tbey had certain inalienable rights, that among these were life, liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness. . '' - . "Now, it seems to me, that a party, an in- telligern party that understands all the doc- irines sou principles 01 our vtovernmeni, in this does great injustice to that instrument and to the framers of the Constitution of tbe United States. -When we take the Declaration of Independence, and connect it with the circumstances under which, it was written, is there a raanflhroughoutthe length and breadth of this broad Republic who believes for one instant that Mr. Jeffers:n, when be penned it, had the negro population in his mind? Notwithstanding, he says that 'all men are created equal, and that they are by their Creater endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty,, and the pursuit of happiness is there an intelligent man throughout the whole country, is there a Senator, when he has stripped himself of all party prejudice, wbo will come forward and say that he believes that Mr. Jefferson,, when he penned that paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, intended it to embrace the African population? "Is there a gentleman ia the Senate who believes any such thing? ' Is there any one who will stake his repdtation on the assertion that that is the correct -interpretation of the Declaration ol Independence! 1 here is not a man of respectable- intelligence who will hazard his reputation npoa such an assertion. Why, then, indulge in this ad captandun discussion? Why try to, delude and deceive the Seat mass of the people by intimating" that r. Jefferson meant Africans or the African race? ; How .wen we situated when Mr. Jefferson penned the Declaration of .Independence! Did he not own slaves? Did not most of the persons in the Congress which adojrted the Declaration own slaves, and, after the "Decla ration waa adopted, by way of giving a correct - . . - I u I 1 lBterprevauoa.jo.is wosi ao we una incorporated m the Constitution, of tha . United States? Were the negroes then consideredthe persons who were "embraced in the Declaration of Independence? Were they not considered as property? In fixing the representation, slaves were regarded as property, and only three-fifths of them were to be counted, - clearly rec ognizing that they were one of the forms of hproperty, and not persons intended to be embraced in the . Declaration of Independence, as contended by some. I think it is clear. : "What more was provided in the Constitution of the United States, by way of giving a clear construction to the Declaration of Independence? It was provided that fugitives from labor, should be restored to the States from which thev escaped, upon demand being made; Does that look as if this description of persons were embraced in the Declaration of Indepen dence, and were considered eopial to tbe white race? It is evident to my mind, and it must be eo to everybody else, that Mr. Jefferson meant tbe white race, and not the African race. The Constitution gives it that interpretation. And his own acts, and those of his associates, when they were framing the - Declaration of Independence; - owning slaves, and afterward passing Jaws and making, wills which pro vided for their regular descent as ' property, confirm it. Then it seems to me that this does not avail the Senator much." . - MR. JOHNSON DISCLAIMS BEING AN ALLY OF SENATOR WADE OF OHIO. :" I am charged with being 'an ally' of the Senator from Ohiot . I, who, from my earliest infancy, or from th time I first comprehended principle, down to the present' time, have always stood battling for the same' great prin ciples that. I . contend for nowl,: .My.-, people know mejthey have tried me; and your little inuendoea and vour indiscretions jv ill not scare them, even though infuriated, seceding Southern men dare to intimate that -I am an ally"of Mr. Wade. The Senator charges me with being 'an ally while be and the leaders of Abolitionism are uniting all: their energies to break hia glorious Union. ; I : an ally I Thank God I am not in alliance with biddings, with Phillips, - with Garrison; and tbe long list of those who are engaged in the work of destruction, and in violating the Constiution of the United States 7-v-j-'l :':S -r Z -V" " IP THE QUESTION . COULD BE - 30T TO THE v PEOPLE THEY WOULD SETTLE IT. - ; i 'In conclusion, . Mr.-. President, I make an appeal to the conservative. men of all. parties. You see the posture of public affairs; you see the condition of the country; -yoa see) -along the line of baitle.the various points of conflict; J 00 see the struggle which the Union, men ave to maintain in many of the Statw.7, You ought to know and eel what Js necessary, to sustain those who. In - their hearts; desire the preservation 'of this Union of Statee. : Will you sit with stoic indifference, and see thocfe who are willing to stand by the Constitution and uphold; the pillars of the' Government driven away by . the raging enrgee vtliatf are now sweeping over eorde; portions of the co tin- try 7 ;-: As conservative men, as patnota, as men who desire the preservation- of tbis great,; this goocU.thls;noparsrled .Govenanent,:! ask Joo to save tbe cottry; or ret the wopo?it!on e eubmitted ia the peoplej that tne .heart of the'people may ireepond to them;' I "have an abiding o"nSdettce tn tS'lotellimeeVthe ra triotism, ajtd the'i-t?riiy $t the great mass of the people; e.n& I f:eHn my own heart that,! . . - a . ... . r .V . ii-oiv succ ca:i i re -gos oitrw vuciu, uit trc-IJ 1 : lili tL 1 ( ilea, an J " the TJaic.a cf these tvifea wc " i te prejerved Applause la t..3 r'...;r. 3.1 AXaLITIONISTaDISUinCi:! "Ia r .;t Cat I eh!l czy ca t' '3 c t net dl.Tcrv-ry f :r:t:..:y f ; -'V-ra'f. ;??!? 3. - r '"" " r tV"' C: : i. iseIa plUhed; that if the Union can not r e pre; err. ed in its spirit, by secession they will get those rights secured and perpetuated that they hava failed to obtain within the Union. I am op ' posed to secession. " I believe it is no rtmtif for the evils complained of. -Instead of act-. ing with that division of Southern friends who take ground for secession, I shall take other' grounds while I try to accomplish theaaxae". end. v . - '- - . V ''.? i "I think that this battle ought to be fought not outside," but inside of thf JJnicrn, and upon tbe battlements "of the .'Constitution itself. I ' am unwilling, of my own volition,' td Walk outside. of the Union .which baa been the to sjilt of a Constitution made - by. the patriots the. Revolution.- They formed, the ConaUtu-j. tion, and this Union that is so much spoken of, and which all of us are so desirous to pre serve, grows out of the Constitution, and, I re peat, I am not willing to walk out orthe JJn- j ion growing out of the Union gfowipg oat of the Constitution that waS formed by thv patriots, and,: I may say, the soldiers of the Her olution. So far as I am conceraed,' and Ibe---lieve I may speak of some degree of confidence for the people of my State, we joined to fight that battle meide and not. outside of .the Ua ion, it mast be those who violate it. We do w not intend to go out. It isour Conetitatioo;itii our Union, growing out of the -Conetittnioo ' and we do not intend to be driven from it rorr out of the Un.ioa. Those who have violated-! the Constitution either in the passage ofwba. are denominated personal I'bertybille, or by ? . their refusal to execute the Fugitive-slave Law they having violated the instrument that-binds rfs together must go out, and not we : IF SLAVERY IS ABOLISHED THE NdN-SLAVB HOLDERS WIH UNITE IN SUBJUQATINO " . TUB SLAVES. " - - " I have, said, in speaking on that subject, t that in 1856 I had seea a spirit and a feeling , . manifested in the country that I bad . never seen before, which convinced me clearly and conclusively what, the Abolition agitation ' . would eventuate in when it was pressed to its, final ultimatum. I; say that "if the day ever ' does come wben the effort is ma.e tb errtanci- ' pate the slavey, to abolish slavery, and tbftt them loose upon the country thenon-slaveholder of the South wilt be the first man to' : unite with the . slaveholder to reduce them J v subjugation aain; and if one would be more ready to do so than the Other,' it would be the' , non-slaveholder. I have said that; and that if their resistance to subjugation were obstinate and stubborn, the non-slaveholder would- unite with the slaveholder, and all this Abo- , lition philanthropy, all this Abolition sympa-." thy, when pressed to its ultimatum, would re1" suit in the extirpation of the negro race Thiet ' is what I said. It is what I felt, and what l-saw, and what I know to be tbe feeling of the non-slaveholders in the slaveholding States' lo : L day. Press, this question to its. ultimatum, and the non-slaveholder will unite, heart and hand, in subjugating the Africanand if resistance be made, in .extirpating the negro race;. and that is where this question will end, not-, withstanding all the: sympathy and. all the philanthropy, that may-beLetincedLaud if the" agitation be carried out snccessfully, to its eosr- summation " -'. ' ' - ; - '' J. -. . v-- If I said any thing io the presence or heari Ing of any body on.tht- point, that is what I did say; and I repeat-iow, ; that the Idea of there being any difference between the feeling"-of the slaveholders -and . noQ-stavebohrer of-the South On this question, is a mirftaken one v a false one, as the demonstrations at Harper's Ferry proved most-. ccnclueively.r .V.'hect : there was agitation In Tennessee.- in ISC-o, I ? .' saw that Jhe non-slaveholder was the readiest' man to raise up and redoes the negro to sub jugation; and -would join the master in exter pating, if necessary, this race from existence, rather than see thfrrf liberated and turned loose upon this country. ' Every' thing I said on this subject was to meet the fallacious and-absurd idea that the non-slaveholders of the South would unite with the. negroes against their masters." v 7 " . - Ho Hore Mercy . .: . ,7 The Albany .Express, one' of the wanneet Abolition papers in "the country, .in speaking Of the I hirst for. revenge, manifested . in' the avowal that there should be no more mercy toward the South, by speakers commenting 1 upon the great calamity which has befallen the nation, says t ' , . . -- . ' - :.. " If there is to be ho tnore : mercy,' then it is time to pulldown our pulpits and to. build :. up platforms for the gallows,' to quintruple: our prison-houses, to change half of our asy lums and hospitals into jails, and dungeons. " No more mercy V Then in vain the Son of. God. said -upon the cross, '..Father,." forgive- them, lor they know not what they do f nd- - . in vain God himself declared; ' Vengeance ia - " mine ,. I will repay No more mercyi : Thea' let every offender against God, man, and eona- try receive an eye iotan. eye; and a Tooth for a tooth. States and, courts, judges and. parents, princes and masters, on this . plea will - onsheath the sword and strike at all who' de' . part never so much from the strict law of dn- . tyi Thank God this is trot tbe eentlment of a-Chrie'an; patriotic, humane.: or wise peoplsii No man can live an hour tried by a tribunal ' where 4here is" no! mercy ; and so losg 'ae -. ' v " Christ's Sermon on the Mount stands, cr the epirit of Christianity lives in tbe hearts of (' " -people, it will be a living rebuke' to thoes - dsmand. that, there shall be no more r1'- - Horrible Accideat'on! tio Steaccr : - tana 1,500 live Supposed. tat 3 I.. . ; Ciiao, Aprif28.-The steamer Sultana frc i X New Orleana. dn the evening of the" 21st, rt.t.-rived at, Vicksburg with her boiler -le 2 xiri"'.' badly. She remained there ' thirty toaro re- '-pairing and taking on 1,996 'Federal a!dier and35 offlcer lately released - fro ra Chowaa ' and Anderson villa, priaons. ;.La -arrived-as' Uilemphls last evening: i. After coaling she pro-i eeedeu at aooat z A. ai. : Abont. three, when evenxniles npj ebeblewnp,' immediately t k!n fire and burning ta the water's e.ire. ;- C i - -' - 2;l5d eonla aboard, not more than 7X s ' : - ; rescued -vCJ of tho rescued are now ia ic- - ' . - tala. Two or. three hundred of the " vni-j 1T': '' are at the Soldier's Home. Caplain llai Of the Sultana," is aopposed tobe-lost.' At 4" - . OVlock thf;iDOToine- the. 'river fa front cf ' tlemphia was covered with ac!iies f trr-- for life, many cithern bsdly" scalded. -.1 . ' - " I immediately went to their rescue, and are t .1 engaged in-p!ckir (Lerafop.r" General V. ' . burne JmCieJIa'iTy cr0inired a' boarJ ' cere to invest;j the afD.fr, who -are work dofrx ts :No f-rtLer - r .rt:; ' received.!; v - . - -- --- . LATHIS - :C!ifs, April J. dr. !.-:..!;'.; ! Six Cf thee atc-ri t. ? . . . -J ti.r' tx , ... .3 H3 ,c 7 l!, C t-S c:.i ty v j t- V.. JC,